The Los Angeles Dodgers (46-29) host the Washington Nationals (31-44) at 10:10 p.m. ET on Friday, providing a matchup between two top-10 power hitters. Shohei Ohtani has 25 home runs (third in MLB) for the favored Dodgers (-204), and James Wood is sixth in MLB play with 20 long balls this season for the underdog Nationals (+168). Los Angeles’ Clayton Kershaw and Washington’s MacKenzie Gore will take the mound first.

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Dodgers vs. Nationals betting lines

• Favorite: Dodgers (-204)
• Underdog: Nationals (+168)
• Over/under: 8.5

Dodgers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Dodgers betting info

• The Dodgers have won 40 of the 62 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (64.5%).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -204 or shorter, Los Angeles has a record of 18-7 (72%).
• The Dodgers have an implied moneyline win probability of 67.1% in this contest.
• Los Angeles has played in 75 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 43 times (43-30-2).
• The Dodgers have a 34-41-0 record ATS this season (covering 45.3% of the time).

Dodgers hitting info

• Ohtani has launched a team-high 25 homers.
• In MLB play, Ohtani ranks third in homers and 32nd in RBI.
• Mookie Betts is batting .259 with eight doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 35 walks.
• Betts currently ranks 84th in home runs and 69th in RBI in the majors.
• Andy Pages paces the Dodgers with 50 runs batted in.
• Pages has safely hit in five games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .471 with two doubles, three home runs and nine RBIs.
• Freddie Freeman has a club-leading .336 batting average.
• Freeman has hit safely in four straight games. In his last five games he is batting .278 with two walks.

Dodgers pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Dodgers has a collective 8.9 K/9, the sixth-best in MLB.
• Los Angeles has a 4.16 team ERA that ranks 21st among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Dodgers have the 20th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.309).
• Dodgers pitchers combine to surrender 93 total home runs at a clip of 1.2 per game (23rd-fewest in MLB).
• In its 4-3 win last time out, Los Angeles struck out nine Padres batters while allowing seven hits.

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• The Nationals have won 28, or 46.7%, of the 60 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Washington has a record of 2-7 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least +168 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 37.3% chance of a victory for the Nationals.
• Washington and its opponents have hit the over in 33 of its 74 games with a total this season.
• The Nationals have an ATS record of 37-37-0 in 74 games with a spread this season.

Nationals hitting info

• Wood leads Washington in batting average (.284), home runs (20) and runs batted in (56) this season.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Wood’s home run total is sixth, and his RBI total is eighth.
• C.J. Abrams is batting .276 with an OBP of .349 and a slugging percentage of .465 this season.
• Abrams ranks 84th overall in homers and 172nd in RBI this season.
• Luis Garcia has collected 63 base hits, an OBP of .310 and a slugging percentage of .415 this season.
• Garcia takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .353 with a double, a home run, a walk and three RBIs.
• Nathaniel Lowe has 64 hits and an OBP of .294 to go with a slugging percentage of .376 this season.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The Nationals strike out 8.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 18th in MLB.
• Washington has the 27th-ranked ERA (4.93) in the majors this season.
• The Nationals rank 24th in MLB with a combined 1.381 WHIP this season.
• With 85 homers allowed, the Nationals rank 20th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Washington pitchers struck out 13 Rockies batters while allowing 11 hits in a 4-3 win last time out.